Tannins and catechin gallate mediate the vasorelaxant effect of Arbutus unedo on the rat isolated aorta

Phytotherapy Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 889-894

  Legssyer, Abdelkhaleq ^a   Ziyyat, Abderrahim ^a   Mekhfi, Hassane ^a   Bnouham, Mohamed ^a   Herrenknecht, Christine ^b   Roumy, Vincent ^b   Fourneau, Christophe ^b   Laurens, Alain ^b   Hoerter, Jacqueline ^c   Fischmeister, Rodolphe ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES   (Morocco)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Arbutus unedo; Catechin gallate; Ericaceae; Rat thoracic aorta; Tannins; Vasorelaxation

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS UNEDO EXTRACT; CATECHIN GALLATE; METHANOL DERIVATIVE; NORADRENALIN; PLANT EXTRACT; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SOLVENT; TANNIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG ISOLATION; ERICACEAE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT LEAF; PRECIPITATION; RAT; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; THORACIC AORTA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ARBUTUS; ARBUTUS UNEDO; ERICACEAE;

EID: 19944429939     PISSN: 0951418X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ptr.1513     Document Type: Article

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